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Chubutemys

Reptilia

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2007Chubutemys Gaffney et al.
2013Chubutemys Pérez-García and Murelaga
2013Chubutemys Sterli and de la Fuente
2014Chubutemys de la Fuente et al.
2015Chubutemys Sterli
2015Chubutemys Sterli et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
RankNameAuthor
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
Sauropsida
classReptilia
Testudinata(Oppel 1811)
Perichelydia
Meiolaniformes
genusChubutemys

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. †Chubutemys Gaffney et al. 2007
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Chubutemys copelloi Gaffney et al. 2007
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
E. S. Gaffney et al. 2007A genus of eucryptodire known only from the skull, similar to Dracochelys, Hangaiemys, and Ordosemys; nasal-frontal contact absent in contrast to Ordosemys; frontal does not enter orbit in contrast to Dracochelys, Ordosemys, Hangaiemys, and Sinemys; temporal roof
broadly covered by parietals extending posterior to otic chamber in contrast to the deep emargination seen in Hangaiemys, Judithemys,
Ordosemys, and Sinemys (and probably Dracochelys, although the temporal roof is incompletely known); broad parietal-squamosal
contact in contrast to Dracochelys, Ordosemys, Hangaiemys, and Sinemys; cheek emargination absent in contrast to Dracochelys,
Hangaiemys, Judithemys, Ordosemys, and Sinemys; triturating surface narrow as in Ordosemys and Sinemys, but not very narrow as in Dracochelys and Hangaiemys; foramen palatinum posterius similar in size to that in Ordosemys, not very large as in Dracochelys
and Hangaiemys; deep pit on pterygoid absent in contrast to Dracochelys and Ordosemys; foramen posterius canalis caroticus laterale exposed in ventral view, widely separated from
foramen caroticum basisphenoidale, and formed in gap between pterygoid and basisphenoid as in Dracochelys and Niolamia, in contrast to more posterior position as in Hangaiemys, Judithemys, Sinemys, and Ordosemys; canalis caroticus internus only partially floored by bone along contact of basisphenoid and pterygoid as in Dracochelys,
Hangaiemys, Ordosemys, and Sinemys; foramen caroticum basisphenoidale formed entirely by basisphenoid and open ventrally as in Dracochelys, Ordosemys, Hangaiemys, and Sinemys; basisphenoid triangular in ventral view as in Dracochelys and Niolamia, not rectangular as in Ordosemys and Hangaiemys.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Created: 2017-04-17 15:15:35
Modified: 2017-04-17 15:15:35
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Late/Upper Aptian or 122.46000 to 112.03000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Aptian122.46 - 112.03Argentina (Chubut) C. copelloi (38530)